Superintendent - Mine Water Management

at  RIO Tinto

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
• Opportunities and support to learn and grow your career
• FIFO from Perth or Busselton - 5 days on, 2 off, 4 days on 3 off roster

WHO WE ARE

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

We are seeking a motivated Superintendent - Mine Water Management to join our Mine Operations team at Hope Downs 4. You’ll be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team, with the aim of driving consistent performance and innovation in relation to safety, cost and production.

Reporting to the Manager - Mining, the role will require you to:

• Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities
• Communicate on daily basis with the Manager to ascertain short and long term priorities of the mine plan
• Provide daily operational coordination and oversee daily mine water management activities
• Optimise labour skillsets for the fleet, on a shift-by-shift basis
• Provide leadership in safely executing MWM activities at a site level, ensuring team performance is in line with short term objectives
• Liaise with Supervisors, Engineer and Advisor to ensure quality and compliance is being maintained
• Maintain active Boundary Level Agreements for related infrastructure and stakeholder interfaces
• As the site E11 and Water Governance Champion – the development and adherence to water-related MoS routines
• Optimise and forward planning for labour and resources for the Annual and 5-year plan
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure that surface water and groundwater strategies are executed
• Manage dewatering, withdrawal, and discharges to preserve water levels and flows needed to prevent harm to the environment, and/or community health and livelihoods outside of the operational footprint
• Executes risk and assurance responsibilities defined in the Rio Tinto Risk Management standard